Karnataka’s BJP-led state government recently granted Rs 320 crore ($43 million) to build a Sanskrit university. The state government plans include building a campus over 100 acres of land in Magadi, Ramanagara. Though the Karnataka Samskrit...
On January 1, a Chinese state-affiliated media Twitter handle posted a video purportedly showing People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers hoisting the Chinese national flag in “Galwan Valley, South-west China.” On January 2, the same account posted...
As the year draws to a close, it’s hard to escape feeling like there actually is a war on Christmas. For the second year in a row, a new variant has popped up to spoil the festive spirit. Plenty of us are wondering whether it's safe to spend the...
Misinformation about Uttar Pradesh’s upcoming election is already circulating. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is bringing in star campaigners with hopes of maintaining power, the former chief minister from Samajwadi Party (SP) Akhilesh Yadav is...
Ahead of a vote in parliament on newly drafted COVID-19 restrictions this Tuesday, anti-lockdown Conservative MP Steve Baker said that researchers inaccurately predicted the impact of Omicron and COVID-19 generally. “I’ve had a lot to say about...
Northern India’s air pollution crisis is reaching alarming levels of toxicity, and as the Supreme Courts raps state governments to take stricter measures to curb deteriorating conditions, the Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) government is claiming the hazardous...
Rumor has it, Walmart – a store that sells a hell of a lot of stuff to a hell of a lot of people – is closed today. Why? Well, it's a thank you from Walmart management to Walmart staff. After all, everyone needs time off to rest and recuperate, and...
On Monday, November 22, 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a CBI conference – the U.K.’s premier business organization – that the day prior, he went, “as we all must, to Peppa Pig World.” He proceeded to say that he “loved it,” that “it was his...
Last week, U.K. news outlets reported that a “record” number of migrants crossed the English channel. “The number of people crossing the Channel by small boats in a single day reached a record number for this century on Wednesday,” reported the ...